Shive

/ʃaɪv/ · noun

Meaning

A slice, especially of bread..

Definitions by Sense

1. A slice, especially of bread.
2. (obsolete) A sheave.
3. A beam or plank of split wood.
4. A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle.
5. A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching
6. A plant fragment remaining in scoured wool.
7. A piece of thread or fluff on the surface of cloth or other material.
8. (papermaking) A dark particle or impurity in finished paper resulting from a bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the pulp.

Example Sentences

Of a cut loafe to steale a shiue

In my cool room with the shutters shut and the thin shives of air and light coming through the slats, I cried myself to sleep in an overloud selfpitying transport.

If the conditioning continues to be fairly brisk, a wooden tut might appear to distort a little under the stress of the internal pressure, with the beer seeping out around the tut and shive.

So every alleyway down here, every shadow big enough to hide a shive artist with a grudge, is a warm invitation to rewrite history.

There are some cultural details in Schissel’s story that are specific to the Jewish community: the family sits shive (seven days of mourning for the dead), and the preference for silence at that time.

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